Cameraman Killed On Aircraft Carrier (1953)

Unissued / unused material. Korea / Korean War. US Navy Cameraman Thomas Lee McGraw Junior killed by a bomb on aircraft carrier “Oriskany“. L/S aeroplane coming into land on deck of carrier. M/S plane taxiing past deck. L/S plane landing on deck, a bomb falls from under a Vought F4U Corsair plane bounces along deck and explodes, filling screen. Section of American newsreel. According to narrator these are last pictures McGraw took before he was killed by the bomb blast. Old records give date as 23/03/1953. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1